1.

What must be the accelerating potential in order to focus 206Pb+ ions into the collector of a mass
spectrometer under the following conditions: B=2000 gauss, r = 30.48 cm, m = 205.9744 amu?
2. Suppose we equilibrate 29.45 g of 87Rb-enriched spike to 350 mg of a rock. This wellequilibrated mixture yielded a 87Rb/85Rb ratio of 1.12. Calculate the Rb concentration of a rock
sample from the following information: Rubidium has two naturally occurring isotopes, 87Rb
(27.83 %) and 85Rb (72.17 %). Masses of of 87Rb (86.9092 amu) and 85Rb (84.9117 amu).
3. Rhenium (Re) has two naturally occurring isotopes 185Re (37%) and 187Re (0.63%). The
abundances of 185Re (95%), 187Re (5%) of the spike solution is known. Atomic mass of 185Re is
184.953 amu and 187Re is 186.956 amu. About 0.5 gm of a marine sediment is mixed with 0.03
gm of Re spike solution with a concentration of 53.6 10 -9 g/g. Calculate the Re concentration of
the marine sediment if the isotopic ratio of 185Re/187Re of this mixture is 4.3.
4. Calculate 0 and t for Nd in a shale given that 147Sm/144Nd = 0.1008, t =0.2 Ga, 143Nd/144Nd =
0.511802. I0CHUR = 0.512638, = 6.5410-12 yr-1, and (147Sm/144Nd)0CHUR = 0.1967.
5. A magma of 87Sr/86Sr ratio of 0.7025 and a Sr concentration of 300 ppm passes through a granitic
crust with a 87Sr/86Sr of 0.75 and Sr concentration of 150 ppm. What will be the isotopic ratio of
the contaminated magma if 5 % of the granite assimilates with the magma.
6. Neodymium (Nd) has seven naturally occurring isotopes. Nd isotopes of a geological sample are
measured using a Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometer (TIMS) and data for selected isotopes
are provided below:
143
Nd: 0.6 A
144
Nd: 1.2 A
146Nd: 0.8 A
Calculate the 143Nd/144Nd ratio for this sample after correcting for instrumental (linear) mass
fractionation using the reference 146Nd/144Nd value of 0.7219.